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. >> speaker boehner has said repeatedly contrary to what most people thought, the biggest problem in the republican, prince -- republican conference is not the freshman. it is the senior members to keep pushing for more and are never satisfied. do you consider yourself one of those members? is that a point of pride for you? >> republican study committee is to push. that is our mission. that is why we are here. remember what the 2010 elections were about. they were not about us coming here and getting along with president obama or working out deals with harry reid. the elections were about stopping the obama agenda, stopping health care, stopping the uncontrolled spending, stopping the tax increases. that is why the voters sent me here with this huge class of freshmen. our job is to stop them. the speaker has done a good job in a tough situation. it may be the toughest job in america right now, what speaker boehner house to do when he has to deal with harry reid and the white house. it is a tough job. i would say he has handled it well. >> what have you learned along the way? you have
. >> speaker boehner has said repeatedly contrary to what most people thought, the biggest problem in the republican, prince -- republican conference is not the freshman. it is the senior members to keep pushing for more and are never satisfied. do you consider yourself one of those members? is that a point of pride for you? >> republican study committee is to push. that is our mission. that is why we are here. remember what the 2010 elections were about. they were not about us...
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we were merely trying to get out of speaker boehner 800 bill i don't know obviously over 10 years. we went back to him not as a condition but said, look, if we are going to get the votes. >> charlie:right. >> democratic vote in the senate, we must -- and he had never and his leadership team had never gone through any count on the man we were working on as to what votes they had. it was pretty simple for me to say, look, if we were all going to have a hard time getting votes you would have a hard time with 800 bill i don't know. when senate republicans have signed on board to 400 bill i don't know more than we were agreeing to say how were -- we have to take a look at whrrnts this deal we have been talking about private can get the votes. this was all about trying to get the votes and it was our opinion at that time that we ought to look at trying to get a little more revenue to get more votes but it was not either or. >> charlie:that's the first i heard that explanation. i don't know if you talked about that before or not. that's the first time i heard that. you're basically say ye
we were merely trying to get out of speaker boehner 800 bill i don't know obviously over 10 years. we went back to him not as a condition but said, look, if we are going to get the votes. >> charlie:right. >> democratic vote in the senate, we must -- and he had never and his leadership team had never gone through any count on the man we were working on as to what votes they had. it was pretty simple for me to say, look, if we were all going to have a hard time getting votes you...
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chris: will paul ryan join john boehner, the speaker, in trying to work out a deal? or he will be a rejectionist and set up the big rebel flag and say i'm going to be the die-hard? >> no one knows the answer to that question. that is yet to be seen. paul ryan is in a terrible situation. he can choose to do the right thing or he can decide, you know, he's obviously running for president in 2016, or he can decide to be the holdout and to be the rejectionist. president obama is lucky to have john boehner on the other side that have table because john bainer is not a crazy person. and he can work a deal. right now he simply does not have the votes. but -- again, the president does have to lead here. he has to bring something to the table. he has to be willing to give some that so that john boehner can bring his people to the table, too. but he can deliver. he's been mischaracterized i think. it's convenient for the white house to say, oh, boehner can't get his people behind him. boehner always gets his people behind him but the president has to bring something forward. c
chris: will paul ryan join john boehner, the speaker, in trying to work out a deal? or he will be a rejectionist and set up the big rebel flag and say i'm going to be the die-hard? >> no one knows the answer to that question. that is yet to be seen. paul ryan is in a terrible situation. he can choose to do the right thing or he can decide, you know, he's obviously running for president in 2016, or he can decide to be the holdout and to be the rejectionist. president obama is lucky to have...
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you see that in the way he talks about speaker john boehner. not that they were really at odds personally, but he is pretty confident in the speaker's leadership. he would not even venture a guess as to whether the speaker would not be the speaker next year if the republicans hold power. he has confidence for him in that respect. it is interesting what he was saying about the election. he is a hard-core conservative guy who is not ready to endorse romney. marco rubio, as senator from florida, has recently come out and supported romney. he is saying similar what we have heard from jim demint, that he is comfortable with him. >> and that is because republicans are, above all else, desirous of replacing the president. they can work with him to oust barack obama. you can kind of read between the lines and listen between the lines of what these members are saying. even jim demint, the very conservative south carolina senator, is giving a wink and a nod to romney despite the fact that a lot of them have enormous misgivings about his waffling is about
you see that in the way he talks about speaker john boehner. not that they were really at odds personally, but he is pretty confident in the speaker's leadership. he would not even venture a guess as to whether the speaker would not be the speaker next year if the republicans hold power. he has confidence for him in that respect. it is interesting what he was saying about the election. he is a hard-core conservative guy who is not ready to endorse romney. marco rubio, as senator from florida,...
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speaker boehnerments to -- boehner wants to talk face to face with the president, and the president wants to talk to no one. teaching students everything a student shld never become, the union uses a cartoon to talk taxes. you decide, is this teacher's union all wet? after months of campaigning for the president, bill clinton and the president should be best of friends; rig? ed, author of "the amateur"ays his sources say they are anything but. ♪ ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list atthe winter event going on now through december 31st. [ santa ] ho, , ho! [ male announcer ] lease a 2013 e350 for $579 a month at your lal rcede deale lieu lie -- lou: well, you got to love former president bill clinton, interesting words on the fiscal cliff. in an event in sacramento, the president declared the whole standoff between president obama and the republicans as, quote, just a kabooky dance, two dogs that meet each other over a piece of meet, sniffing each other out, and moving towards a deal. with that elegance in mind,d, w
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speaker boehnerments to -- boehner wants to talk face to face with the president, and the president wants to talk to no one. teaching students everything a student should never become, the union uses a cartoon to talk taxes. you decide, is this teacher's union all wet? after months of campaigning for the president, bill clinton and the president should be best of friends; right? ed, author of "the amateur" says his sources say they are anything but. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ ♪ [ male annouer ] the mercedes-benz winter event is back, with the perfect vehicle that's just right for you, no matter which list you're on. [ santa ] h ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease a 2013 ml350 for $599 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. at your local and you see the woman you fell in love witd but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is theonlyd to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgent
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what surprised me is john boehner going public. this was a searing, scalding moment for the republicans, and they have not rrecovered in the public opinion polls since last summer, when they took the blame for the deadlock and the united states losing their credit rating. i am surprised that he would even mention this. he is too good politician and too smart and savvy to ise this again. >> is the country in danger of another downgrade, charles? >> no, but if we reelect obama, we will have a downgrade, probably a default -- well, not a real default, but we will head that way, because you cannot sustain trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see tra. if romney wins, this is a moot issue. there will not be a showdown. if obama wins, it will also be a moot issue, because with the expiration of the bush tax cuts, the payroll tax cut, tsunami of increases and spending. i think that the reason john boehner raised it is to make it an issue, a rhetorical issue. it will only happen after election day. >> colby? >> i agree that he is
what surprised me is john boehner going public. this was a searing, scalding moment for the republicans, and they have not rrecovered in the public opinion polls since last summer, when they took the blame for the deadlock and the united states losing their credit rating. i am surprised that he would even mention this. he is too good politician and too smart and savvy to ise this again. >> is the country in danger of another downgrade, charles? >> no, but if we reelect obama, we...
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i think you will see more of an on message john boehner. he said he had not been talking to romney and his campaign, but at some point they will need a more consistent and consolidated message to appear to be a united front. >> governor, when you look at the ryan plan that has been endorsed by mr. romney, it not only slashes programs for the poor, but it actually raises taxes on poor people. and it gives a huge tax break to the rich. looking at that plan, those making less than $10,000, $112 a year. those making more than a million you see a $265,000 tax break. we're talking about policy, if it became what we do, that it would dramatically impact the people he is now trying to say he is concerned about. >> reverend al, there is an inconsistency with what he is saying and what he is proposing. the ryan budget would cut pell grants. president obama has doubled investments in pell grants. the brian budget would cut medicare severely. president obama is committed to this social safety net. it helps our senior citizens in need of nursing home ca
i think you will see more of an on message john boehner. he said he had not been talking to romney and his campaign, but at some point they will need a more consistent and consolidated message to appear to be a united front. >> governor, when you look at the ryan plan that has been endorsed by mr. romney, it not only slashes programs for the poor, but it actually raises taxes on poor people. and it gives a huge tax break to the rich. looking at that plan, those making less than $10,000,...
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john mccain, john boehner, lindsey graham, scott brown, marco rub beau, rubio, ed collins have all said this is bad. we shouldn't be doing this mccarthyite stuff in this country. a number of politicians like rush limbaugh, john bolton are are all defending this scurrilous attack on this woman who has worked for her country and for secretary clinton. what do you make about what is going on right now? >> well, i think you pegged it, chris. the way you described it going into this segment. we're talking about politics. we're not talking about religion. we're not talking about security. we're talking about a very questionable kind of patriotism that would risk scaring the people of the united states, trying to undercut their confidence in the security provided by the united states government in order to attract a few votes. they also know that this figure that came out today about the number of people who think that the president is muslim, it is a way to play in demonizing a religion to the extent that they think they can win an election. everyone knows that according to the constitution's
john mccain, john boehner, lindsey graham, scott brown, marco rub beau, rubio, ed collins have all said this is bad. we shouldn't be doing this mccarthyite stuff in this country. a number of politicians like rush limbaugh, john bolton are are all defending this scurrilous attack on this woman who has worked for her country and for secretary clinton. what do you make about what is going on right now? >> well, i think you pegged it, chris. the way you described it going into this segment....
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. >> is speaker boehner ready to make a deal? >> the president convened a pow wow with leaders. >> the congressional leaders meeting at the white house today. >> begin negotiations about how to avoid that so-called fiscal cliff. >> fiscal cliff. >> this is the beginning of a fruitful process. >> the issue is taxes. >> only one bad word -- taxes. >> raising taxes is a very bad idea. >> raising taxes is a terrible idea. >> to show our seriousness, we put revenue on the table. >> we're prepared to put revenue on the table. >> a deadline. >> being able to work something out. >> there was a spirit of cooperation. >> tomorrow is speaker boehner's birthday. we didn't know how many candles were needed. ♪ best friend ♪ >> interrupting that was the ghost of christmas past. >> you guys are the best. thank you so much. >> mitt, 47%, romney. he is the gift that keeps on giving. >> republicans did not take kindly to mr. romney's words. >> i don't agree with the comments. >> we lost the presidency. it's time to move on. >> general petraeus
. >> is speaker boehner ready to make a deal? >> the president convened a pow wow with leaders. >> the congressional leaders meeting at the white house today. >> begin negotiations about how to avoid that so-called fiscal cliff. >> fiscal cliff. >> this is the beginning of a fruitful process. >> the issue is taxes. >> only one bad word -- taxes. >> raising taxes is a very bad idea. >> raising taxes is a terrible idea. >> to show...
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i mean, we actually do get along. >> i think he felt like boehner, of ohio, that he would be able to deal with him. that he was a kawanis club republican, that i could do business with a guy like that. i think obama saw him as the great hope. >> the president and speaker boehner began furtive meetings with their parties world apart. republicans wanted to cut spending. >> we got to stop growing government, hoping to grow jobs, and instead we got to start cutting the federal deficit. >> democrats wanted to limit tax giveaways to the wealthiest americans. >> what we've heard from our republican colleagues is they're not willing to close one special interest tax loophole. >> the president and speaker boehner came up with an ambitious solution. they'd craft a grand bargain to raise the debt ceiling. it would also include changes to social security, medicare, tax policy and defense spending. for both sides, it meant lots of pain. but for the nation, it could mean lots of gain. >> i think he genuinely thought there was an opportunity to do something big and meaningful to deal with our long-
i mean, we actually do get along. >> i think he felt like boehner, of ohio, that he would be able to deal with him. that he was a kawanis club republican, that i could do business with a guy like that. i think obama saw him as the great hope. >> the president and speaker boehner began furtive meetings with their parties world apart. republicans wanted to cut spending. >> we got to stop growing government, hoping to grow jobs, and instead we got to start cutting the federal...
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that didn't happen this time. >> let me ask you about boehner. boehner seems like a regular republican, the kind i grew up with who makes deals, who compromised, who has an idealogy, but he's willing to accept the fact that the goal was to govern the country, not just to protest. i get the sense that these tea partiers came to congress not just to attack the government but to protest it. >> yeah, i take it at his word that he wants to govern, but he became speaker of the house because of these freshmen who rode into town in a tea party way. but the tea partier from idaho said to me, i didn't come to idaho to join a team. he came to represent his constituents. his constituents and a lot of others believed there was too much spending going on, that obamacare needed to be rolled back, and that's where they planted their flag. it was not let's figure out a way to legislate with the democrats and the senate. >> let me tell you, robert, i'm just going to make a statement here. it's all nonsense because you can't just vote against spending. most of the
that didn't happen this time. >> let me ask you about boehner. boehner seems like a regular republican, the kind i grew up with who makes deals, who compromised, who has an idealogy, but he's willing to accept the fact that the goal was to govern the country, not just to protest. i get the sense that these tea partiers came to congress not just to attack the government but to protest it. >> yeah, i take it at his word that he wants to govern, but he became speaker of the house...
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but no, boehner prefers to hammer the poor. that's his single note melody. is that right? >> that's exactly it. and market, i have to say if i had a crystal ball, i would predict that they would really try to force once again another shutdown of government. they would want an 11th hour deal. and they're doing this once again to protect millionaires, billionaires, the defense industry and the oil industry. when you look at the fact that at every opportunity now, they're trying to break the deal that they already made in terms of the automatic cuts. why? once again, it is to protect those who they look out for all of the time. not the middle income individuals and families. not the poor, not the working poor. but it is of course, the millionaires and the billionaires will. >> allow me to pay something that president clinton said today about democrats and how they differ from republicans. listen to this. >> our party's problem is, we are always reluctant to give up the gains of the past to create the future. that is a different problem. but we have a lot of people in our part
but no, boehner prefers to hammer the poor. that's his single note melody. is that right? >> that's exactly it. and market, i have to say if i had a crystal ball, i would predict that they would really try to force once again another shutdown of government. they would want an 11th hour deal. and they're doing this once again to protect millionaires, billionaires, the defense industry and the oil industry. when you look at the fact that at every opportunity now, they're trying to break the...
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i thought this was an opportunity because of president obama's style and philosophy that he and boehner could do a deal. >> charlie:the great grand bargain they both wanted. >> one of my miscalculations was the depth of the difficulty of the leadership of the house republicans to convince their caucus as to where i think they thought they needed to go and that was to a big deal. >> charlie:i'm not convinced the tea party members. >> i think it was -- that wing of that party of that caucus of which the leadership of the house didn't create -- again gingrich created the revolution, elected the members, drew up the platform and drove the platform. tea party takeover basically of the republican house was not crafted. >> charlie:in washington. >> by bain he were or leadership of the house. they kind of rode the wave. so when those people came to washington, they looked at the leadership of their own group as ok we'll talk to them like anybody else. >> charlie:exactly. it's not about me be here because of may relationship with the constituents at home. >> so the thought the speaker could deli
i thought this was an opportunity because of president obama's style and philosophy that he and boehner could do a deal. >> charlie:the great grand bargain they both wanted. >> one of my miscalculations was the depth of the difficulty of the leadership of the house republicans to convince their caucus as to where i think they thought they needed to go and that was to a big deal. >> charlie:i'm not convinced the tea party members. >> i think it was -- that wing of that...
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because i thought that was what the negotiations were with john boehner, a grand bargain. i thought that's what what was happening in the senate with the gang of six, looking for a grand bargain between republicans and democrats. >> look, they were a as you know the gang of six was there and they met for eight months and they never wrote anything down because democrats were never willing to put anything on the table on spending and they wanted at least a trillion and a half dollars on higher taxes. >> rose: and that comes from one of the arguments. it was the democrats who say it was not that because house republicans were not willing to compromise. in the end because of you and the pledge and how they saw themselves and their country they were not willing to compromise. >> well, raising taxes for a reblic is not compromising it's betraying principle. if somebody said would you like to... >> rose: suppose that the president would say, look, cutting entitlements is not a compromise because it's a principle. i believe that you cannot take action that will be detrimental to t
because i thought that was what the negotiations were with john boehner, a grand bargain. i thought that's what what was happening in the senate with the gang of six, looking for a grand bargain between republicans and democrats. >> look, they were a as you know the gang of six was there and they met for eight months and they never wrote anything down because democrats were never willing to put anything on the table on spending and they wanted at least a trillion and a half dollars on...
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john boehner is the speaker of the house. john boehner realizes that he has to confront his own people if he is going to save the credit rating them back on moody's and save it from downgrade. this is going to be a political disaster. john boehner can fill in the back of his scalp that this is going to be burning on the republicans. he feels political blame but it's also worried about the country. two hearts -- two heartbeats away from the downgrade. and so, he does something extraordinary. he acts like a leader. he comes up with a compromise. that is a political possibility from where he sits and he finds out a way to close loopholes and raise some $800 billion in new revenue. that should be enough to make a deal with the president of the united states. and he manages to come to a deal. even shake hands. and they can feel history, the wind of history at their back. and then we will reform entitlement. the vice president is deeply involved. at the very moment that they are making this deal and they shake hands, obama suddenly
john boehner is the speaker of the house. john boehner realizes that he has to confront his own people if he is going to save the credit rating them back on moody's and save it from downgrade. this is going to be a political disaster. john boehner can fill in the back of his scalp that this is going to be burning on the republicans. he feels political blame but it's also worried about the country. two hearts -- two heartbeats away from the downgrade. and so, he does something extraordinary. he...
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do you think john boehner and you know john boehner, the speaker of the house, do you think he can do with this present what gingrich and clinton did back in the '90s after the president was re-elected? >> well, i do. i think it's essential that he also understand his own caucus and i think when the election is done, remember they were trying to defeat the president. that has failed. so it's incumbent upon them now to realize there's per i will avoiding the message of the voters because the voters have spoken. also the senate democrats picked up seats across the country. now they're one region. so they're clear about that. and the president's always going to be open to different ideas, but not change the goals. and the goal is not just an economic strategy based on austerity, but one that is pro-growth, pro-middle class, that allows job creation while you're bringing fiscal discipline to washington. it's not one or the other, it's both. and obviously john boehner is wanting to work with the president. he's already expressed some opening to go that. it's going to take a while to get th
do you think john boehner and you know john boehner, the speaker of the house, do you think he can do with this present what gingrich and clinton did back in the '90s after the president was re-elected? >> well, i do. i think it's essential that he also understand his own caucus and i think when the election is done, remember they were trying to defeat the president. that has failed. so it's incumbent upon them now to realize there's per i will avoiding the message of the voters because...
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it's a deal. >> boehner's response was blah, blah, blah. this represents a new low in terms of relationships between democrats and republicans in both the white house and congress. >> boehner has some housekeeping to do internally as usual. when john boehner is making a speech and he's getting emotional and talking about barack obama, three-quarters of the time it has to do with him doing internal housekeeping. he's still -- particularly if he loses -- kasie probably knows better than me -- eight to 12 seats is probably the estimate. he's back in the business he's been in for a year and a half of proving himself to the right in his own house. this has to do with internal politics. >> we look at the to-do list which is massive in terms of the significance of the legislation and complexity around it. we have the push tax cuts expiring. the payroll tax holiday ends, expanded unemployment insurance benefits and, of course, the triggers go into place. >> and the debt ceiling. >> and the debt ceiling. this really means -- you look at the tenor no
it's a deal. >> boehner's response was blah, blah, blah. this represents a new low in terms of relationships between democrats and republicans in both the white house and congress. >> boehner has some housekeeping to do internally as usual. when john boehner is making a speech and he's getting emotional and talking about barack obama, three-quarters of the time it has to do with him doing internal housekeeping. he's still -- particularly if he loses -- kasie probably knows better...
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boehner. he should have been ashamed of himself. >> you said he is appealing to appeal to the right wing of his party and you have conservative groups slamming this plan "b." let me play some of the criticism he's getting from the right of the party. let's play it. >> the american people did not re-elect the conservative house of representatives to become tax collectors for barack obama's welfare state. >> we supported challengers who were opposed to t.a.r.p., who were opposed to the debt deal. 2011. and this is the sort of vote that we'll look at closely when we look at our options in 2014. >> so congressman pascrell, they oppose plan "b" differently than your opposition but you have two different sides of this coin and people are wondering where speaker boehner is at all on this when no one is happy and if he's appealing to the right, they're not pleased with him. >> well, mr. boehner has the hell of a nerve to say that mister -- the president of the united states barack obama can't stand up
boehner. he should have been ashamed of himself. >> you said he is appealing to appeal to the right wing of his party and you have conservative groups slamming this plan "b." let me play some of the criticism he's getting from the right of the party. let's play it. >> the american people did not re-elect the conservative house of representatives to become tax collectors for barack obama's welfare state. >> we supported challengers who were opposed to t.a.r.p., who...
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a lot going on today including house speaker john boehner again accusing president obama for devaluing his office with tactics. they cl nerdr whet e gstoth tisen t psintel ke isgrat tbe heh evi t gne bit later in the show. first, let's get to the news. live at 5:30 a.m. here at "30 rock" in new york city. former president, bill clinton is back out on the campaign trail and really emerging as one of the president obama's strongest advocates heading into the general election. appearing at a fundraiser with the president last night, clinton slammed mitt romney's economic outlook as a throw back to the failed policies of the past. without mentioning romney by name, clinton railed against a republican opponent who, quote, basically wants to do what they did before on steroids which will get you the same consequencesou got before on steroids. thjotparcewashe fitftheuraerth ede omandrede inn lleainoghe ttg adethtt onhe8at donors while the former president helps fine tune the party message. it's a relationship put on display last week when clinton was featured in a campaign web video taughting
a lot going on today including house speaker john boehner again accusing president obama for devaluing his office with tactics. they cl nerdr whet e gstoth tisen t psintel ke isgrat tbe heh evi t gne bit later in the show. first, let's get to the news. live at 5:30 a.m. here at "30 rock" in new york city. former president, bill clinton is back out on the campaign trail and really emerging as one of the president obama's strongest advocates heading into the general election. appearing...
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i think obama saw him as the great hope. >> the president and speaker boehner began furtive meetings with their parties world apart. republicans wanted to cut spending. >> we've got to stop growing government, hoping to grow jobs, and instead we've got to start cutting the federal deficit. >> democrats wanted to limit tax giveaways to the wealthiest americans. >> what we've heard from our republican colleagues is they're not willing to close one special interest tax loophole. >> the president and speaker boehner came up with an ambitious solution. they'd craft a grand bargain to raise the debt ceiling. it would also include changes to social security, medicare, tax policy, and defense spending. for both sides, it meant lots of pain. but for the nation, it could mean lots of gain. >> i think he genuinely thought that there was an opportunity do something big and meaningful to deal with our long-term debt and had what he considered productive discussions with john boehner. >> new urgency this morning. >> the clock ticks. >> we've been here before but not quite this close to default. >>
i think obama saw him as the great hope. >> the president and speaker boehner began furtive meetings with their parties world apart. republicans wanted to cut spending. >> we've got to stop growing government, hoping to grow jobs, and instead we've got to start cutting the federal deficit. >> democrats wanted to limit tax giveaways to the wealthiest americans. >> what we've heard from our republican colleagues is they're not willing to close one special interest tax...
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john boehner, the house speaker thomas s. it is time to shift the debate to the economy. >> i believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman did the president and democrats can talk about this all thewant the american people are focused on our economy and are asking the question, where are the jobs? >> think he has a point? >> that is where you want to run the campaign if you are john gingrich this is -- if you are john boehner. this is, to underline nina's point, dynamite politically. think about the change from when bill clinton was present it. a 7% of americans were in favor -- of same-sex favor 27% at -- americans were in favor of same- sex marriage. a sea change in a short time. but 31 consecutive the states have voted on it and voted it down. in iowa, 2009, the supreme court unanimously ilegalize same-sex marriage. the very next year, three supreme court justices were ousted. that is the first time that has happened in iowa in 50 years. it is an explosive issue. >> how many people will go to the polling pla
john boehner, the house speaker thomas s. it is time to shift the debate to the economy. >> i believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman did the president and democrats can talk about this all thewant the american people are focused on our economy and are asking the question, where are the jobs? >> think he has a point? >> that is where you want to run the campaign if you are john gingrich this is -- if you are john boehner. this is, to underline nina's point,...
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i think that boehner will tend to ignore the tea party members. i think whoever is the democratic leader will probably ignore the kind of move on dot-org members. >> greta: you know what, tell me you what really annoy meas. everybody has known about the fiscal cliff for a year and-a-half. in november last year, we knew it was going to happen. now we have had the election, we paid their salaries while they ran for office on both sides of the aisle. they have six weeks to come up with a deal. it is want much time. on the edge of six weeks coming up, what happens? we need everybody to get in the same room. president needs to call the major leader and the speaker. what does the president do? he plans an overseas trip into burma, instead of staying home and bringing everybody to the oval office and pounding out an agreement? >> what the president has to do is to propose a budget, propose a plan. he didn't do it in the debt limit fight. he let one emerge from the negotiations. i don't think that's a presidential leadership. he needs to submit a program
i think that boehner will tend to ignore the tea party members. i think whoever is the democratic leader will probably ignore the kind of move on dot-org members. >> greta: you know what, tell me you what really annoy meas. everybody has known about the fiscal cliff for a year and-a-half. in november last year, we knew it was going to happen. now we have had the election, we paid their salaries while they ran for office on both sides of the aisle. they have six weeks to come up with a...
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. >> the -- he tells woodward boehner would have had a deal the he'd had the backing of his party. he said whereon would cut a deal with me, but he can't. >> obama said if wins the election, mitch mcconnel will change from the party of no, to a party of maybe. chris: some see parallels between this year and 2004 when bush 43 was another president who excited strong opposition from the other side. there are plenty of unlikely parallels between bush's opponent john kerry and mitt romney. they love to ridicule each other. here was john kerry the other night. >> mr. romney, here's a little advice. before you debate barack obama on foreign policy, you better finish the the bait with yourself. chris: here's was romney doing the same to kerry back in 2004. >> the other day i heard that the junior senator from massachusetts is thinking about putting together a balanced ticket. and he wondered whether he could pick someone with views different than his own, he selected himself to do that. chris: a shared handicap is their money an of course northeastern elitism. listen to the pot here calli
. >> the -- he tells woodward boehner would have had a deal the he'd had the backing of his party. he said whereon would cut a deal with me, but he can't. >> obama said if wins the election, mitch mcconnel will change from the party of no, to a party of maybe. chris: some see parallels between this year and 2004 when bush 43 was another president who excited strong opposition from the other side. there are plenty of unlikely parallels between bush's opponent john kerry and mitt...
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after all, we had the president was talking with speaker boehner. speaker boehner couldn't get his caucus to go along with the balanced approach because it asked folks at the top to pay more in revenue. when it came time to close corporate tax loop hools, you saw the republican majority leader walk away from the table. this has been a continuing issue. reconciliation is important. it is a solution to the extent people are willing to really solve these problems and that means dealing with it in a balanced way. >> do you see this as a responsible way to address the second long-term problem you mentioned but you i think want to offer a budget with deeper cuts in the out years, so how do those go together? are your people going to make deeper cuts in the long-term? >> i have not put forward a budget yet. you know, we'll have a chance to talk about that at a later point. i have obviously been part of two other efforts, the fiscal commission and the group of six, and it is very interesting to look at what the president proposed. clearly he borrowed heavil
after all, we had the president was talking with speaker boehner. speaker boehner couldn't get his caucus to go along with the balanced approach because it asked folks at the top to pay more in revenue. when it came time to close corporate tax loop hools, you saw the republican majority leader walk away from the table. this has been a continuing issue. reconciliation is important. it is a solution to the extent people are willing to really solve these problems and that means dealing with it in...
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they get control of congress and john boehner or speaker speaker of the house and boehner realizes he has to confront his own caucus if he is going to save the united states credit rating and the credit rating agencies moody's and so on are prepared in august of 2011 for the first time in american history to downgrade the united states gets stripped of -- aaa status. boehner can feel the back of his scalp that this is going to be blamed on the republicans. so he feels political blame but is also worried about the country. does he really want to be one. two heartbeats away from the presidency. america's credit is downgraded for the first time in our history and so he does something extraordinary. he acts like a leader and. he comes up with a compromise, what they call a grand bargain and he can't raise taxes. that is a political impossibility from where he sits. but it does come up with a way to close tax loopholes and raise $800 billion in new revenue. that should be enough to make a deal with the president of the united states and he seeks out obama and together they are meeting secr
they get control of congress and john boehner or speaker speaker of the house and boehner realizes he has to confront his own caucus if he is going to save the united states credit rating and the credit rating agencies moody's and so on are prepared in august of 2011 for the first time in american history to downgrade the united states gets stripped of -- aaa status. boehner can feel the back of his scalp that this is going to be blamed on the republicans. so he feels political blame but is...
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boehner is willing to give an increase in the debt limit. he won't get an increase in the medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67. now, want only did the president reject that offer, he race to the microphones today and he declared that he won the debate with boehner on tax rates. so clearly, he now wants to humiliate all republicans, as i predicted. >> i remain optimistic, though. because if you look at what the speaker has proposed, he's conceded that income tax rates should go up, except right now he only wants to have them go up for millionaire, if you are making $900,000, he thinks you can't afford to pay a little more in taxes. but the principle that rates are going to need to go up, he has conceded. i have said, i am willing to make some cuts. what separates is us a few hundred million dollars. the idea that we would put our economy at risk because you can't bridge that gap doesn't make a lot of sense. >> sean: the president wants the country to go over the fiscal cliff and the republicans have feared this from the beginning. the presi
boehner is willing to give an increase in the debt limit. he won't get an increase in the medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67. now, want only did the president reject that offer, he race to the microphones today and he declared that he won the debate with boehner on tax rates. so clearly, he now wants to humiliate all republicans, as i predicted. >> i remain optimistic, though. because if you look at what the speaker has proposed, he's conceded that income tax rates should go up,...
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. >> speaker boehner, he says you flinched. >> i'm sure that's his version of events. >> i think the biggest failure is the president's unwillingness to listen to the american people. >> a man whose style would both help him and hurt him as a leader. >> when i'm making decisions, i try to not get caught up in the emotions of the moment. >> "obama revealed, the man, the president." >>> history in the making. >> i can't wait to tell my children about it. >> it was an historic moment. >> are you prepared to take the oath, senator? >> i am. i, barack hussein obama -- do solemnly swear to defend and protect the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> a new day with towering expectations. >> he looked at me and said, it's been an incredible ride, hasn't it? i said yeah. he said, it's just beginning. >> on this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. >> for many, barack obama and his presidency symbolized much more than political change. [ crowd chanting obama ]
. >> speaker boehner, he says you flinched. >> i'm sure that's his version of events. >> i think the biggest failure is the president's unwillingness to listen to the american people. >> a man whose style would both help him and hurt him as a leader. >> when i'm making decisions, i try to not get caught up in the emotions of the moment. >> "obama revealed, the man, the president." >>> history in the making. >> i can't wait to tell my...
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the democrat national committee responded and hit back on twitter saying boehner is the most useless welcome feckless, weak and failed speaker of the house perhaps in american history. sec ds, ohh, shoots a three, game over. so two seconds ago... hey mr. and mrs. harris, where's kevin? say hi kevin. mom, put me down. put...the phone...down. hey guys. did you hear... the choys had their baby? so 29 seconds ago. well we should get them a gift. [ choys ] thanks for the gift! [ amy and rob ] you're welcome! you're welcome! [ male announcer ] get it fast with at&t. the nation's largest 4g network. covering 2000 more 4g cities and towns than verizon. at&t. ♪ at bank of america, we're lending an in communities across the country. fro omrevi htalielzeping t a neigbrhbooklyn..or.ho financing industries that are creating jobs in boston... providing funding for the expansion of a local business serving a diverse seattle community... and lending to ensure a north texas hospital continues to deliver quality care. because the more we can do in local neighborhoods and communities, the more we can
the democrat national committee responded and hit back on twitter saying boehner is the most useless welcome feckless, weak and failed speaker of the house perhaps in american history. sec ds, ohh, shoots a three, game over. so two seconds ago... hey mr. and mrs. harris, where's kevin? say hi kevin. mom, put me down. put...the phone...down. hey guys. did you hear... the choys had their baby? so 29 seconds ago. well we should get them a gift. [ choys ] thanks for the gift! [ amy and rob ] you're...